Featuring the members of Hastings Poetry Society
Angus McAlnwyk, poet and naturalist
Born in Milan to Scottish immigrants, Angus McAlnwyck is head researcher at the International Institute of Oranges in Ashford. He is a keen cellist except on Thursdays, when he is an enthusiastic pigeon fancier.
THE HADDOCK by Angus McAlnwyck
The Haddock's
head is
large and blunt
and situated at the front
A fin on top and on the tum
maintains the equilibrium
The Haddock's
life
is short and sweet
And
terminated by the fleet
who scoop him out and sell him on
to give us indigestion
ANGUS McALNWYCK